North AmericaEntertainment

Sport entertainment in North America

  1. Toronto Rock

    Lacrosse may not immediately spring to mind when someone mentions Canadian sports, but the 13-team National Lacrosse League (www.nll.com) has been building momentum for two decades. The Rock are red hot, having won the championship five times in nine years. Games at the Air Canada Centre; tickets through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.ca).

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  2. A

    CU Basketball

    Seldom pushovers, rarely great, CU's basketball games are always fun to watch because the competition is usually stiff. And like most great schools they do have a transcendent baller from the not too distant past. Chanucey 'Mr Big Shot' Billups starred here before he became an NBA champ and finals MVP.

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  3. B

    CU Football

    Boulder sports fans may have allegiances to Denver's pro teams, but they have several teams of their own too, and they are all called the CU Buffaloes. Still, while college volleyball, gymnastics and baseball have their place, it's their football team that rules campus.

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  4. C

    Miami Jai Alai

    Catch the action for yourself at Miami Jai Alai. Even though the crowd is making petty bets and nipping off for a smoke – it’s great fun to watch these guys whack around their pelota at lightning speed.

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  5. D

    Sharx

    This underground cavern has no less than 36 pool and billiard tables, rows of TV screens beaming sports and a post-apocalyptic feel. The cool bowling alley is bathed in fluorescent light with glowing balls and pins.

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  6. E

    Manitoba Moose

    The American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate for the National Hockey League's (NHL) Vancouver Canucks showcases fast, furious and future big-league talent at the MTS Centre.

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  7. F

    Dolphin Stadium

    Dolphin Stadium is home to the NFL football team Miami Dolphins and the Major League baseball team Florida Marlins.

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  8. G

    Conseco Fieldhouse

    Basketball is huge in Indiana, and Conseco Fieldhouse is ground zero, where the NBA's Pacers make it happen.

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  9. H

    Prospera Place Arena

    Kelowna Rockets is the much-beloved local WHL hockey team. It plays in the flashy 6000-seat Prospera Place Arena.

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  10. I

    Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

    The Vikings pro football team passes in the 'Dome.

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